Splash Screen in Microsoft® Outlook 2010

Outlook 2010 is the latest e-mail program from Microsoft and comes with Windows Operating System. It offers advanced e-mail management tools in order to meet all the requirements of the customer. Sometimes it shows only splash screen and stops responding during startup. In such situation, it becomes difficult to access any features of this application. There are several reasons for this issue. If the Task Manager contains two Microsoft Outlook 2010 task on the process tab, then this may be a reason. You can resolve this issue by deleting the tasks from the Task Manager. Also try to start Microsoft Outlook 2010 in safe mode. If the problem is due to the corrupted profile of Microsoft Outlook 2010, then delete the corrupted profile and create a new one.

Some of the possible causes for splash screen by Microsoft Outlook 2010 and tips to resolve the issues are given below:

Due to Two Copies

Due to Corrupted Profile

Tips to Fix the Issues

Due to Two Copies

Outlook 2010 from Microsoft is the latest version of e-mail program that comes with Windows OS. It sometimes shows only splash screen and does not start. There are several reasons for this issue. In some cases, Task Manager contain an extra copy of Microsoft Outlook 2010 running but not visible on the ‘Task’ tab or ‘Application’ tab of Task Manager. We can resolve this issue by deleting OUTLOOK.EXE from the Task Manager.

Due to Corrupted Profile

Sometimes the above discussed method may not resolve the issue. If the problem still exists after terminating Microsoft Outlook 2010 from the Task Manager, then the reason may be different. The most possible reason for this issue is due to the corrupted profile. If the profiles created for Microsoft Outlook 2010 gets corrupted, then also we may not open Microsoft Outlook 2010 and it may hang at splash screen. The possible solution for this issue is the deletion of the corrupted profile and creating a new one.

Tips to Fix the Issues

If Microsoft Outlook Express hangs at the splash screen then start Microsoft Outlook 2010 in safe mode. This may resolve the problem. Another reason for Microsoft Outlook 2010 problem is due to the two instances of Outllok.exe running in the Task Manager. We can stop the instances by selecting ‘Process’ tab of the Task Manager. Then look for ‘OUTLOOK.EXE’ as running task. And click on the ‘End Process’. Then restart the system. If the problem is due to the corrupted profile then delete the profile and create a new one.

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